T.F. Torrance's natural theology understood in its intellectual context: the synthesis of rational structure and material content by Irving, AJD

The ethics of silence : reading the lover's discourse in contemporary trauma narratives by Goh, Pei Hua

“…In Testimony, Felman and Laub contend that a historical and collective trauma like the Holocaust cannot be represented, and cannot be understood, because it lacks a frame of reference. Indeed, a frame of reference for such a traumatic experience does not, and cannot, exist in the first place. …”
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The absurd, exile and the beginning of ethics by Yong, Ade Wernmei

“…The absurd human being, as understood by Camus, is the exile. As the exile, as that which stands apart, that is other both to himself and to the world he lives in, is the product, I argue, of the self being awakened and troubled by its encounter with an other, with the unknown, and with infinity. …”
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Protests on Campus: The Political Economy of Universities and Social Movements by Kaur, H, Yuchtman, N

“…We argue that the current wave of ceasefire protests is best understood as a demand by young elites to modify the elite ideological bundle. …”

Simulation studies on normalized decoupling control system design for MIMO processes by Ni, ChengYan.

“…The method avoids the drawbacks of existing decoupling schemes and is very simple which can be easily understood, implemented by field control engineers. …”
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Plastome assembly and phylogenomics of Annonaceae subfamily Malmeoideae by Neo, Wei Ling

“…The infrafamilial classification of Annonaceae has stabilised in the last decade and subfamiliar and intertribal relationships are relatively well understood, but there are some notable exceptions. The relationships of several tribes in subfamily Malmeoideae (~885 species) remain poorly understood, and the intergeneric relationships in tribe Miliuseae (~25 genera and ~620 species) remain poorly resolved. …”
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The responsible innovation of disruptive technologies by Inglesant, P, Webb, H, Ten Holter, C, Patel, M, Jirotka, M

“…Yet, given the capacity of new technologies to create social harms and generate ethical risks, it is extremely important that these implications are understood and can be managed appropriately. <br>We use the lens of Responsible Innovation (RI) to explore how the implications of two emerging technologies, quantum computing and autonomous vehicles, can be understood through their development processes before their integration into society. …”

‘All work is prostitution’: an exploration of sex work, exploitation, and dis-organising by Westwood, K

“…However, this tells us surprisingly little about how this work can and should be understood. Through approaching sex work as <em>a form of work</em>, this project explores and clarifies how this work is best understood. …”

Investigation into the barkward wave in a dielectric-filled waveguide by Wu, Nan.

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Thermal characteristics of non-conventional refrigerants and coolants by Tso, Chih Ping., Leong, Kai Choong.

“…The objective of this present project is to focus on pool film boiling; which is also one of the least understood aspects of the boiling process. As for the refrigerants, various types have been tried in the experiment, and only the results for most complete sets for R-22 and R-134a are reported here.…”
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Russia's inland empire – the limits of sovereignty on the steppe by Morrison, A

“…It argues that this is best understood as a product of two incompatible understandings of sovereignty — sedentary and nomadic.…”

Reinterpreting politics in thirteenth-century south-west Wales by Brodie, HD

“…It demonstrates that until the mid-thirteenth century there was much more political cooperation between Welsh and Marcher lords than hitherto understood and considers why the pattern of politics changed, drawing comparison with medieval Ireland.…”

Iranian and Saudi mutual (mis)representations: a study of the relationship between discourses of othering, political confrontation and sectarian strife by Mohammad, T

“…Finally, by investigating three main Iranian and Saudi spheres/discourses, namely the political (speeches of the elite), religious (Friday prayer sermons) and media (newspaper editorials) discourses, this study will try to explain how <em>Othering</em> is understood and functions in the Iranian-Saudi discourse, its relationship to political rivalry and religious conflict and how they are understood as cases of political propaganda or religious polemics.…”

The early struggle of black internationalism: intellectual interchanges among American and French black writers during the interwar period by Gaetan, M

“…All the examples presented in the thesis show that literature, often understood as a national category, does not exist in a vacuum. …”

Biomechanical investigation of traction forces on the cervical (neck/head region) spine by Ang, Lian Ann

“…Cervical traction has been widely used as a non-surgical intervention for the cervical syndrome, and yet the underlying mechanism for relieving pain has neither been clearly established nor understood. It is believed that the relief of pain by traction is due to straightening of the cervical spine and a widening of the intervertebral articulating space to relieve compressive or irritative forces on the nervous structures…”
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Signs in science : despair and emptiness. by Tham, Tammy Samantha.

“…This process is best understood if we approach the texts through Jean Baudrillard’s three orders of simulacra: imitation, production and simulation. …”
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Multimedia petri net instructor by Chia, Chow Leong.

“…Unfortunately, Petri net modelling tools still have the stigma of being too "academie" and have not being fully understood and exploited for extensive applications to real systems.…”
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Durkheim ethics and its reconciliation of relativism and objectivism by Lee, Zhen Yi

“…This thesis will argue that a reconciliation of the opposing moral beliefs of moral relativism and moral objectivism can be found in the moral philosophical work of famed sociologist Emile Durkheim. This can be understood by first recognising that there are multiple facets to morality that form its concept, and these facets are capable of being both relativist and objectivist. …”
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Mobilizing bodies: unsettling sustainable mobility through cycling in Los Angeles by Davidson, AC

“…Thinking through these ontologies and/as ethics, I argue, forces emergent reconsideration of how cycling subjectivities and responsibilities, justice, health and sustainability are understood.</p>…”

Finally, protection for the high seas by Randhawa, Dipinder Singh

“…For this critically vital expanse of Planet Earth which has huge economic, ecological and strategic importance, and which is little understood by people around the world, the treaty offers considerable protection against over-exploitation and wanton abuse.…”
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